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To ask why mine was the only birthday greeting not “ liked”?

66 replies

tigercub50 · 06/03/2018 10:02

This is on Facebook. I have friends on there who I don’t see much of in real life or who are acquaintances - this particular person has a son in DD’s class so I have known her for 4 years & very occasionally socialised but I wouldn’t say we are friends as such. Her DD’s birthday was the other day & I put a greeting on her timeline. Noticed later that every one had been liked by her except mine. Now there are 2 more & they are both liked. I know it’s a bit silly & is more than likely an oversight but it’s bothering me. Will she think it’s odd if I message her to ask about it? I was tempted to remove the greeting but that’s petty.

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Trinity66 · 06/03/2018 10:03

Oh god don't message her about it :/ She probably just missed it when liking the messages

DannyLaRuesBestFrock · 06/03/2018 10:05

No don't message her!!!!! You'll look nuts.

Aquamarine1029 · 06/03/2018 10:05

She will think you are unhinged if you ask about it. Honestly, just let it go, and if something as silly as this bothers you, get off of FakeBook.

ScreamingValenta · 06/03/2018 10:05

Unless it said 'Hope you have a crap birthday' it was probably just an oversight.

blastomama · 06/03/2018 10:06

Yes, she will think its very odd, because it is! If someone sent me that message I would delete them.

Sometimes you just miss one. Is FB for you?

Cath2907 · 06/03/2018 10:06

Stop living life through facebook. If you like her and she likes you then all is good. Who gives a shit if she pressed a certain button on an on-line platform? It isn't actually real life and really doesn't mean anything.

NotTakenUsername · 06/03/2018 10:12

It’s all fairly vacuous anyway. She most likely missed you.

I don’t even have my birthday public on Facebook because it’s nonsense. I once changed it to 1st April and had lots of people wishing me a happy birthday for an April Fools.

I often have to double check my age with dh though, or work it out from my date of birth, so I might not be a normal case

pasturesgreen · 06/03/2018 10:12

She'll think you're bonkers if you message her about it! Seriously, don't.

99.999999% it was an oversight. It does happen, particularly if there were many messages to go through. Forget about it.

anxious2017 · 06/03/2018 10:14

Someone on Facebook did this to me once. I thought it was a one off, so I decided to see if it was and started commenting on some of her posts. When I discovered that every other person who commented was either "liked" or responded to, and I was literally the only one who was completely ignored, it was obviously intentional.

I unfriended them and thought nothing more of it until now.

BlubberBlubber · 06/03/2018 10:18

My absolute bitch of a SIL does this. Likes or comments on everyone’s posts except mine. Same with never liking or commenting on my statuses, but does so all the time of my relatives, not hers. We just feel sorry for her. She either thinks no-one notices (whole family does) and she’s super clever on her meanness or

NerrSnerr · 06/03/2018 10:18

She probably missed it. Don’t message her, she’ll think you’re bonkers.

BlubberBlubber · 06/03/2018 10:25

Posted too soon.
Or she blatantly wants me to know she doesn’t like me. Used to try to figure it out/apologise/want to be friends with her but realised that actually if it weren’t for wanting but the cousins to get along as family we wouldn’t want to actually be friends with her as she’s boring, old fashioned and tries to do a weird laughable one upmanship. So we just feel sorry for her and leave her to her happy narrow minded little world and get on happily with ours.

But in your case I’d see it as a mistake.

BlubberBlubber · 06/03/2018 10:26

And agree you would look bonkers if you messaged her.

bridgetreilly · 06/03/2018 10:28

Grow up. Get a life. Whatever you do, DO NOT ASK HER ABOUT IT.

anxious2017 · 06/03/2018 10:55

Helpful, bridge. I'm grown up and have a life, yet something like this happened to me, so I looked into it. Why is that a problem?

essietopcoat · 06/03/2018 10:57

stay off of Facebook!

IToldYouIWasFreaky · 06/03/2018 11:00

Either she actually doesn't like you and has not "liked" your greeting on purpose, or (much more likely) she's just overlooked it. But in either case, messaging her about it is not going to resolve anything and will just make you look majorly over-invested.
Shrug it off and move on.

QueenofallIsee · 06/03/2018 11:04

Do not message her OP, that would be massively weird! Its probably an oversight, you get so many timeline greetings from people that its really easy to forget one. Don't start thinking social media is real, its usually not!

Trinity66 · 06/03/2018 11:04

Helpful, bridge. I'm grown up and have a life, yet something like this happened to me, so I looked into it. Why is that a problem?

It is helpful advice tbf, If I got a message from someone asking why i didn't like their post on FB I would think they're a bit unhinged

Snowysky20009 · 06/03/2018 11:06

My birthday was the other week, I had over 200 birthday wishes. I probably missed clicking like on a few.

You are way over thinking this- PLEASE DO NOT message her. You will look unhinged!

Enuffsenuffsenuff · 06/03/2018 11:07

Oh my god don't message her you will look like a total lunatic. No good can come of it!

Guarantee it will be an oversight. Facebook's algorithm means that not everything shows up chronologically, and if there are a few similar posts it's very easy to overlook one.

Don't use Facebook as a yardstick for how your relationships are going. If you think her behaviour in real life is off then it might be reasonable to think something is wrong, but this is far too minimal an issue to have you worried!

lovechocolates · 06/03/2018 11:10

Don't worry about it. When I get similar messages, my FB sometimes crash, not letting me like everything.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 06/03/2018 11:11

I can understand you being peeved, and taking it personal. Especially if your comment is the only one not liked.

anxious2017 · 06/03/2018 11:23

I wasn't suggesting she messaged them. I don't think she should as it could have been an oversight. Nothing stopping her from finding out for herself if there's a problem though, like I did.

BitOutOfPractice · 06/03/2018 11:28

Jeez! She maybe just missed it. clicked "like" twice my mistake?

Please don't message her!

Drop your shoulders, unclench, let it go!

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